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Why Ringside Networks Failed

Om Malik dives into the story of why Ringside Networks failed -- it was trying to build an open social platform for enterprises, raised an undisclosed amount of VC money from Matrix Partners, almost got more...
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Gay Social Networking Site Gays.com Kicks Off Open Beta

What's been called the world's first gay social network for real names and real-world connections has been launched. The domain name was bought in 2006 at the price of US$500,000. more...
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EuropeanKiss | Free Online Dating Community

EuropeanKiss.org takes traditional online dating to the next level by integrating social networking features and giving singles the tools to communicate and have fun. This social dating community is the more...
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Do you a-Spire.com?

Ooooh, here comes another social networking site that caters to the rich - Boston based startup Spire.com is now competing against the likes of DiamondLounge and aSmallWorld to gather eyeballs - well, more...
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GreenNote Offers Loans Through Social Networks To Tackle the College Funding Gap

GreenNote Offers Loans Through Social Networks if you are having trouble paying for college. The idea behind GreenNote is simple, asking your social network for help, and resulting loans tend to have a more...
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Digg - A social media Petri dish

The social media site startup Digg is actually a social media petri dish where a lot of experimentation is going on to determine the future of this new field. Scott Karp opines that a completely open more...
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Finam Puts $30 Million in Social Network Badoo in Russia

Russian financial group Finam got a 10% stake in Badoo, which is a social networking site with photo and video sharing features. It has 12.7 million registered accounts, mostly in Latin America and Continental more...
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Multiply's Big International Following

Multiply has been growing rather quietly internationally. The social media aggregator now has 7 million registered users and 10.5 million monthly unique visitors according to their internal numbers, nearly more...
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Facebook Unveils Ad Strategy - Users Become Marketers

The company's approach to advertising boils down to an attempt at conversational marketing, where users become product promoters and are encouraged to spread the word about things they buy and use among more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Advertising  |  

Facebook Beacons - say goodbye to Privacy

While it seems to be a clever idea, a quick review reveals that Beacon might turn out to be a privacy hairball for the company. Facebook announced that they will be delivering more targeted ads based on more...
3 Comments  |  Topic: Advertising  |